This month’s Words Without Borders has a special feature on contemporary writings by Tunisian, edited by author and translator Cécile Oumhani:

Oumhani’s introduction opens:

What do Tunisian women write today? It is now almost seven years since the people of Tunisia put an end to dictatorship. And it is over sixty years since Tunisian women obtained a status women in neighboring countries are still dreaming of. What could be achieved at the time of the Arab Spring was in many ways the result of the high degree of involvement of Tunisian women in all areas of public life. The urge to write immediate testimonies about the unprecedented events of 2011 has certainly eased as years have gone by. Have these changes affected women’s writing? If so, how?